Doing it any other way would be a dramatic waste of time.

Do you think there are any overall drivers behind this decline other than the dramatic increase in rents during the pandemic?

BTW, at the same time house prices nationally were going up much more dramatically than ATL, so again 3-5% a year seemed extremely reasonable for a very fast growing area. 

In fact, shockingly, they attempted to employ my assistant's services in an conspiratorial manner via bribery (Ok....maybe I'm being a bit overly dramatic with the wording here) to break the lease without penalty.  

It has perplexed me, if the units are inexpensive is it just that much labor to install one that paying to have one installed impacts the price that dramatically?

Historically the costs have not been outrageous, but as we are filling up the spots (and as this winter has been very cold), the electric bill has increased dramatically.

I have no idea how you could control for that, unless it was a double-blind test where everyone involved doesn't know what variables are being tested.... it would probably be pretty dang obvious to the actors what the experiment is about, and out of work actors (who presumably aren't Tony-level or Academy Awards-level in their acting quite yet) have been known to appreciate, ahem, being 'dramatic' while in character.

Unfortunately, I do not have any referrals in Weehawken, NJ.DSCR is only about 1% higher in rate than conventional (less so with perfect credit) so even with that option, you would not be dramatically more expensive than it currently is.Hope this helps! 

You dramatically increase your odds of getting hit if you take that action.

Such dramatic YoY rent comp increases are uncommon unless you're in a booming city.